Does Kinect give the Xbone the edge over PS4?

I personally don't think so because I've always thought that Kinect was a really clumsy gimmick. It does a really sloppy job of registering movements and you can forget about using Kinect if you're playing any game that requires any sort of input precision. It's basically been relegated to a dance game peripheral after a few failed attempts at integrating it into core gaming.

There were high hopes for the device at the start of this gen with promises of Kinect integration in both 1st and 3rd party games to give them an edge over the competition. These plans seem to have just fallen off the face of the planet for a few reasons. For one, 3rd party devs don't want to bother putting extra time into integrating Kinect due to the vastly lower Xbone install base compared to its PS4 counterpart. Even more alarming is the fact that everyone is buying the Kinectless SKU now so that lessens their motivation to integrate it even more.

Due to the fact that Xbone is struggling in sales compared to PS4 and the people who actually are buying Xbone are choosing the Kinectless SKU, it leads me to believe that it will just be relegated to even less than a dance game peripheral. It seems like it will only be used to navigate the UI and it's a bit clunky for even that.

seems like ark has an Xboner

Well, Microsoft abandoned Kinect, so this thread is kinda pointless these days.

No they didn't. They still sell it don't they?

I think Xbox One is fabulous with the Kinect.

Its weird. That's all he talks about. Kinda sad.

You need to chill.

No.

I thought this post might have been bumped from 2013.

Yes, kinect makes it just as terrible.

unbundled =/= abandoned

OP, I enjoy using mine very much, it makes navigating the console a joy and is definitely a leg up against the PlayStation 4. Simply put though it needs more integration because it is a very capable device and is currently being under-utilized.

I would'nt say it gives it a edge over the PS4, but my friends who come over and see how it works are always dissappointed, when they find out PS4 can't do the things my xbox does. Not really a deal breaker for them when me or someone else in the house walks across the room without stopping and Kinect signs me in they are always like wtf. Or when I'm playing BF and use kinect to lean out of cover, or use it to look out of the side windows of my car when playing Forza, or navigate the OS with my voice or hands, the reaction is always the same, they say "I wish PS4 had something like this", or "that SHHH is sick".

Hhhmm.. no. Microsoft will be showing Kinect games at the E3. Also, the Hololens will work hand and hand with the Kinect sometime in the future. I don't think the Kinect is going anywhere. Sony abandoned the MOVE. I don't see MOVE devices being sold anywhere at retailers. Sony didn't mention it at the E3. So I would call that being abandoned. XBox Ones are still being sold with Kinect in them. There are still games being released that use Kinect (Fantasia: Music Evolved, D4, Voice Commander, etc..). I just downloaded Dance Central: Spotlight for $5. Your comments are kinda pointless.

The only reason I got a Kinect was to tell people on here I owned one, because I bashed it so much.

Even Forza Horizon 2 used the Kinect, and it worked perfectly for that game, I have not had to repeat myself once. People need to understand that this device functions phenomenally, the software being used on it though just needs to be up to par.

No, but I thank this thread for reminding me what that black box was that was under my TV.

Your PlayStation 4?

@nyadc: lol you hate the PS4 huh?

No, I'm just making the same stupid jokes cows think are clever.

@nyadc: b' awww but they are funny, sorry if your fav system isn't as good as you think.

Haha, i see what you did there.

Oh how ironic.

@nyadc: PC is as good as I think but nice job inadvertently admitting that you hate PS4.

The voice controls do, the gesture controls, meh, and from a gaming perspective, hell no. I do enjoy walking into my room, saying "xbox ON" and then it turns on my receiver and tv, and the xbox with the last game i played still ready to rock. Nice that they had that since day one also.

Yes, in the same way that the "cloud" and 300,000 servers have been an advantage to xbox one for the people who made a big deal about those things.

By saying it's not as good as people make it out to be? It's not. I like my PlayStation 4 but it's no second coming of Jesus like so many cows make it out to be.

@nyadc: I'm sure you do, with how negative towards it you always are.

Depends, Kinect works better for head Tracking than MOVE when it comes to VR but thats the only Advantage i can See Kinect having.

Beyond being better for VR i can not see any other advantages.

How do you know it's not as good as you think it is, you would need to know how good he thinks it is first.

your post makes no sense.

lol.

I personally think no. In fact for me the original plan of an all ways on camera in my living room tracking my every move was 100% a breach of my privacy and made me not want to purchase the xbox one. I personally sticky the camera on laptops with a notepad when I use them, I'm not about to have one with a mic and facial/body and item and brand tracking software built right into it as a selling point.

Kinect, in combination with the Xbox One's OS, is the reason I bought the Xbox One over the PS4 (first Xbox console, had two PS3s last generation).

Had to check the OP date for this, thought it was a necro!

No, apparently it's not an advantage or they would be selling at the same rate or better than PS4.

Not by itself but perhaps in combination with Hololens, we'll see, E3 could be very revealing when it come to MS's new Kinect plans since the original plans kinda blew up in their face. :P